Carmarthenshire Notables

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(Wikitree profiles in chronological order)

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• Hywel Dda (880-950) first King of Deheuberth
• Rhys ap Tewdwr (1040-1093) King of Deheubarth
• Gruffydd_ap_Rhys (1081-1237) Prince of Deheuberth
• Anarawd ap Gruffydd (c1100-1143) King of Deheubarth
• Sir Rhys ap Thomas (1449-1525) soldier and landowner
• Walter Vaughan (c1560-98) MP for Carmarthenshire
• Sir James Perrot (1571-1637) writer & MP
• Sir John Vaughan (1574-1634) (Ist Earl of Carbery)
• William Vaughan (1575-1641) (writer & adventurer)
• Sir Henry Vaughan (1587-1661) (politician)
• Sir Richard Vaughan (1600-86) (2nd Earl of Carbery)
• Sir Henry Vaughan (1613-76) (politician)
• Sir John Vaughan (1639-1713) (3rd Earl of Carbery)
• Sir Richard Mansel (1641-91) (5th baronet of Muddlescombe)
• Sir William Mansel (1670-1732) (7th baronet of Muddlescombe)
• Walter Rice Howell Powell(1819-1889). [1] (landowner and MP)
• William Charles Fuller VC (1884–1974). (soldier)
• Charles Rhys (1899-1962) (8th baron Dynevor)
• Euros Lewis (1942-2014) (cricketer)

The above are all taken from the Wikipedia Carmarthenshire Categories for People and Communities. The creation of profiles for the remaining individuals listed below is one of the key tasks identified by our team. Alternative sources can be used to identify others who meet the criteria but are not yet included in Wikipedia.

A

• John Adams (Carmarthen MP)
• Juliet Ace (playwright and dramatist)
• Joe Allen (footballer)
• Einion ab Anarawd (Prince of Deheubarth)
• Simon Armstrong (actor)
• William Augustus (translator)

B

• Rachel Barrett (suffragette)
• Douglas Bassett (geologist)
• Dorothea Bate (archaeo-zoologist)
• Eileen Beasley (Welsh Language campaigner)
• Alex Beckett (actor)
• Phil Bennett (rugby player)
• Joseph Arthur Hamilton Beresford (Australian naval commander)
• Bridget Bevan ( educationalist and philanthropist)
• Thomas Beynon (Archdeacon of Cardigan)
• Tom Beynon (Presbyterian minister)
• Arnold le Boteler (Norman lord)
• David Bowen (Baptist minister)
• Elvyn Bowen (cricketer)
• David Brazell (opera singer)
• Charles Brigstocke (civil servant)
• Delme Bryn-Jones (singer)
• Robert Buckland (lawyer and politician)
• Dale Buggins (motorcycle stunt rider)
  

C

• Edward Cadogan (rower)
• Ronald Cass ( film writer and composer)
• Twm Siôn Cati (outlaw)
• Huw Ceredig (actor)
• Thomas Charles (Methodist)
• Jonny Clayton (darts player)l
• Shân Cothi (singer/songwriter)
• William Cragh (medieval warrior)
  

D

• Fflur Dafydd ( writer and musician)
• Arthur Daniels (rugby player)
• Eleanor Daniels (stage and silent film actress)
• W.T. David (engineering professor)
• Claude Davey (rugby player)
• Barry Davies (rugby player)
• Jennie Eirian Davies (politician)
• Dai Davies (footballer)
• David Davies (Archdeacon of Llandaff)
• David James Davies (economist)
• Evan Davies (rugby player)
• Gerald Davies (rugby player)
• Gwynfor Davies (cricketer)
• Haydn Davies (cricketer)
• Hugh Davies (cricketer)
• John Davies (translator)
• Jonathan Davies (rugby player)
• John Davies (translator)
• Lorys Davies (Archdeacon of Bolton)
• Owen Picton Davies (politician)
• Owen Picton Davies (journalist)
• Roy Davies (cricketer)
• Ryan Davies (entertainer)
• Tom Day (rugby player)
• Mark Delaney (footballer)
• Robert Dickie (boxer)
• James Dickson Innes (artist)
• Mark Drakeford (politician)
• John Dyer (painter)
  

E

• Gerwyn Edwards (cricketer)
• Dafydd Elis-Thomas (politician)
• John Elwyn (painter, illustrator and educator)
• Cerith Wyn Evans (artist, sculptor and film-maker)
• Dave Evans (singer)
• Eifion Evans (historian)
• Ellis Evans (scholar)
• Evan Herber Evans (minister)
• Ieuan Evans (rugby player)
• Frank Evans (rugby player)
• Jack Evans (rugby player)
• Jeff Evans (cricket umpire)
• John Evans (Methodist)
• John Hart Evans(rugby player)
• Owain Wyn Evans (TV presenter)
• Robert Anderson Evans (Welsh executioner known as Evans the Hangman)
• Wyndham Evans (football player and manager)
• Wynne Evans (opera singer)
  

F

• Ike Fowler (rugby player)
• Peter Anthony Freeman (author)
  

G

• Rhys Gabe (rugby player)
• Jessica Garlick (singer)
• Perceval Gibbon (writer)
• Olive Gilbert (singer)
• Rhodri Gomer-Davies (rugby player)
• Julie Gore (entertainer)
• Ray Gravell (rugby player)
• Trystan Gravelle (actor)
• Dai Greene (athlete)
• Kevin Green (investor)
• Dan Griffiths (rugby player)
• David Griffiths (missionary)
• David Rees Griffiths (poet)
• Geraint Griffiths (singer, songwriter and actor)
• Jim Griffiths (politician)
• John Griffiths (mathematician)
• Leslie Griffiths (Methodist)
• Terry Griffiths (snooker player)
  

H

• Neil Haddock (boxer)
• Roger Hallam (activist)
• D. C. Harries (photographer)
• John Hinds (politician)
• Michael Howard (politician and party leader)
• Bryn Howells (rugby player)
• Evan Hoyt (tennis player)
• Emyr Hughes (footballer)
• Gareth Hughes (silent film actor)
• Neville Hughes (actor)
• Meri Huws (Welsh Language Commisioner)
  
• Daronwy Isaac (politician)
  

I

• Dafydd Iwan (singer and politician)
• Tecwyn Ifan (singer)
  

J

• Elis James (comedian)
• Carwyn James (rugby player)
• Siân James (novelist)
• John Jenkins 'Gwili' (poet & theologian)
• Gareth Jenkins] (rugby player)
• John Jenkins (local politician)
• Rae Jenkins (light orchestra conductor)
• Gareth Jewell (actor)
• James Augustus St. John (author and traveller)
• Barry John (rugby player)
• Islwyn John (Archdeacon of Carmarthen)
• Thomas Johns (minister)
• Alex Jones (TV presenter)
• Alfred Lewis Jones (ship owner)
• Dafydd Jones 'Dewi Dywyll' ( balladeer)
• David Jones (banker and Carmarthenshire MP)
• David Jones (barrister)
• David Jones (merchant)
• David Jones (Methodist)
• Dill Jones (jazz pianist)
• Lord Elwyn-Jones (politician)
• Francis Avery Jones (physician)
• Griffith Jones (priest)
• Harry Jones (cricketer)
• Hubert Jones (WW1 flyer)
• James Ira Thomas Jones (WW1 flyer)
• John Jones (banker and Carmarthenshire MP)
• John Harris Jones (Methodist)
• Kirsty Jones (kitesurfer)
• W.N. Jones (politician)
• Martyn Lloyd-Jones (Evangelical leader)
• Matt Jones (football player and manager)
• Peter Rees Jones (department store founder)
• Stephen Jones (rugby player)
• T. James Jones (poet & dramatist)
• T. Llew Jones (author)
• Tommy Jones-Davies (rugby player)
• William Jones (Oxford college principal)
• Wyn Jones (rugby player)
  

L

• Edward Laverack (cyclist)
• Deke Leonard (musician and author)
• Kyle Letheren (footballer)
• Charles Lewis (rugby player)
• Gordon Lewis (rugby player)
• Howell Elvet Lewis (minister and poet)
• Iwan Lewis (actor)
• Edward John Lewis (physician and rugby player)
• Esther Lewis (educator & missionary)
• Flex Lewis] (bodybuilder)
• Lewys Glyn Cothi (poet)
• Sir John Lloyd (politician)
• William Lloyd (admiral)
• Martha Llwyd (poet)
  

M

• Courtenay Mansel (landowner & politician)
• Agnes Mason (founder of religious order)
• William Mathias (composer)
• Kate McGill (singer/songwriter)
• Gwladys Yvonne McKeon (marine biologist)
• Sir John Meurig Thomas (chemist and science historian)
• William Hallowes Miller (scientist)
• David Eirwyn Morgan (minister & politician)
• David Hughes Morgan (solicitor and landowner)
• Elizabeth Morgan (actress)
• Morgan Morgan (politician)
• Sharon Morgan (actress)
• Tom Morgan (rugby player)
• Carey Morris (painter)
• David Morris (Wisconsin politician)
• Lewis Morris (poet, academic & politician)
• Terry Morris (photographer)
• William Morris (politician)
• Daniel Mulloy (screenwriter and director)
  

N

• Sir Charles William Nevill (MP for Carmarthen)
• Daniel Newton (rugby player)
• Gruffudd ap Nicholas (nobleman and bard)
• Charles Nicholl (rugby player)
• Roy Noble (broadcaster)
• William Norton (rugby player)
  

O

• Tom O'Brien (trade unionist and MP)
• Natasha O'Keeffe (actress)
• Jenny Ogwen (actress)
• David Owen 'Brutus' (satirist & preacher)
• Gary Owen (snooker player)
• John Owen-Jones (actor)
• Ken Owens (rugby player)
  

P

• Frederick Palmer (engineer)
• Thomas Pardo (Jesus College principal)
• Amy Parry-Williams (singer)
• Gary Pearce (rugby player)
• Reginald Pecock ( prelate and writer)
• Dwayne Peel (rugby player)
• Donald Peers (singer)
• Emyr Phillips (rugby player)
• Mike Phillips (rugby player)
• Griffith Powell (philosopher)
• Sir John Powell (judge presiding over the trial of the Seven Bishops)
• Sir Thomas Powell ( lawyer and MP)
• Rhys Prichard (poet)
• Rhys Priestland (rugby player)
• Adam Price ( politician and leader of Plaid Cymru)
• Terry Price (rugby player)
• Brigadier Philip Prosser (army officer)
• Myfanwy Pryce (novelist
• David Pugh (politician)
  

Q

• Derek Quinnell (rugby player)
  

R

• Allen Raine (novelist)
• Sir Thomas Rede (landowner & merchant)
• Aneurin Rees] (solicitor and rugby player)
• Anne Ceridwen Rees (physician)
• Arthur Rees (rugby player)
• Christopher Rees (musician)
• Conway Rees (ruby union player and schoolmaster)
• Daniel Rees (priest)
• David Rees ('Y Cynhyrfwr' minister & politician)
• Ieuan Rees (stone mason)
• Ivor Rees V.C. (soldier)
• Josiah Rees (Unitarian minister)
• Rice Rees (cleric and historian)
• Thomas Rees (Unitarian minister)
• William Jenkins Rees (cleric & antiquary)
• Iwan Rheon ( singer/songwriter)
• John Rhys-Davies (actor)
• Morgan Rhys (hymnist)
• Arthur Rice (6th baron Dynevor)
• George Rice (politician & courtier)
• George Talbot Rice (3rd baron Dynevor)
• Walter Rice 7th baron Dynevor]
• Ivor Richard (politician)
• Timothy Richard (missionary)
• Rod Richards (MP and party leader)
• Alexandra Roach (actress)
• Amy Roberts (cyclist)
• Evan Roberts (evangelist)
• Rachel Roberts (actress)
• Byron Rogers (author)
• Benjamin Rogers (politician)
  

S

• William Saunders (poet)
• Rick Smith (musician)
• Dorothy Squires (1915-98) (entertainer)
• John William Watson Stephens (parasitologist)
• Matthew Stevens (snooker player)
• Nicky Stevens (singer)
• Byron Stevenson (footballer)
• Donald Swann (Flanders & Swann duo member)
  

T

• Gwenno Teifi (political campaigner)
• David Thomas (educationalist)
• Delme Thomas (rugby player)
• Helen Thomas (political campaigner)
• Huw Thomas (newscaster)
• Imogen Thomas (model and tv personality)
• Jacob Thomas VC (soldier)
• Jeffrey Thomas (actor)
• Joshua Thomas (writer & minister)
• Terence Thomas (politician and banker)
• Thomas Thomas (architect)
• Melbourne Tierney (rugby player)
• Michael Tremellen (cricketer)
• Brian Trubshaw (pilot)
• Josiah Tucker (clergyman, economist and political writer)
• Nik Turner ( jazz musician)
• Tudur Aled (poet)
  

V

• John Vaughan d.1574 (politician)
• John Vaughan d. 1804 (politician)
• Philip Vaughan (inventor of the ball bearing)
  

W

• Mary Wynne Warner (mathematician)
• Alan Watkins (journalist)
• John Weathers (drummer)
• Arnold Wienholt (1826–1895), Australian politician).
• Edward Wienholt (Australian politician)
• Caroline Catharine Wilkinson (botanist)]
• Barry Williams (rugby player)
• David Glyndwr Tudor Williams (legal scholar)
• David John Williams (writer)
• Eirian Williams (snooker referee)
• Eliezer Williams (genealogist)
• Sir George Clark Williams (politician)
• Gerald Williams (commentator)
• John Williams (academic)
• John Henry Williams (politician)
• Leslie Williams (rugby player)
• Morgan B. Williams (US politician)
• Sir Nicholas Williams (politician)
• Peter_Williams (Methodist publisher of Welsh language bibles)
• Rheinallt Nantlais Williams (philosopher and theologian)
• Scott Williams (rugby player)
• Watkin Hezekiah Williams (poet)
• William Williams (politician)
• William Williams 'Pantycelyn' (poet and hymnist)

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A
People from Ammanford‎ (16 P)
B
People from Brynamman‎ (8 P) People from Burry Port‎ (9 P)
C
People from Carmarthen‎ (1 C, 54 P)
D
Deputy Lieutenants of Carmarthenshire‎ (7 P)
G
People from Garnant‎ (10 P) People from Glanamman‎ (4 P)
H
High Sheriffs of Carmarthenshire‎ (26 P) High Sheriffs of Dyfed‎ (1 P) House of Dinefwr‎ (3 C, 20 P)
K
People from Kidwelly‎ (12 P)
L
People from Laugharne‎ (13 P) People from Llandeilo‎ (11 P) People from Llandovery‎ (12 P) People from Llanelli‎ (2 C, 61 P) Lord-Lieutenants of Carmarthenshire‎ (12 P)
M
Members of Carmarthenshire County Council‎ (8 P)
S
Singers from Carmarthenshire‎ (7 P)

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